Also worth a quick skim this morning:

  • Autocracy in Egypt has a multitude of dictators spread across all aspects of daily life, Maged Mandour writes for Open Democracy.
  • Singer Mohamed Mounir is “still a man of the people,” Saeed Saeed reviews for The National.
  • Ancient Egyptian relics went on display at the Henan Museum in Zhengzhou City, China, according to Global Times. The relics were “collected by a museum in Turin, Italy.”
  • An antique bedroom set that disappeared from the royal rest house at the Giza Zoo has turned up for sale in a video on M.S Rau Antiques, according to Al Arabiya (or watch, runtime 2:40).
  • Syrian refugees are bringing Damascus’ perfume heritage to Egypt as they settle and try to find success for their businesses, Al Monitor reports.
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